Ventilators COVID-19: Under PM CARES scheme, J&K hospital receives 35 ventilators
Srinagar: As part of the initiative taken by the Centre, as many as 35 "Made in India" ventilators have been provided to District Hospital Udhampur to fight COVID-19, media reports said.
The ventilators were provided under the Prime Minister's Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES) fund.
Dr Vijay Raina, Medical Superintendent of the District Hospital, Udhampur told ANI, "The government has provided ventilator support to all district hospitals, on short notice. We will install them shortly."
"Earlier ICUs with ventilators were available only in medical colleges. We use to refer to patients to other hospitals who have ventilators. When numbers started increasing, we faced difficulty when we had severely ill patients who need ventilator support. Now we can save them even here," he added.
He even thanked the Centre for giving the ventilators.
"Out of every 100 patients who come here, around 90 of them are asymptomatic who can be treated at home. Earlier, we used to feel helpless while treating symptomatic patients who may experience breathing issues and high fever," said Dr Raina.
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